Catamenial sack.



G. B. SMITH.

CATAMENIAL SACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-11,1911- Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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GOODWIN B. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CATAMENIAL SACK.

Application filed January 11, 1911.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GooDwIN B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUatamenial Sacks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to catamenial sacks adapted to be used by womenduring the period of menstruation.

An important object of this invention is to provide a catamenial sackwhich is designed to hold suitable absorbent material, so that suchabsorbent material is positively held against displacement but may bereadily removed when desired.

A further object of this invention is to provide a catamenial sack whichis cheap to manufacture and will be comfortable when being worn.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved catamenial sack,Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the same, Fig. 3is a cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is afragmentary view of one end of a catamenial sack, of a slightly modifiedstructure.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated a preferred embodiment of myinvention, a catamenial sack is shown, the same being formed of a singlesection of cloth or other suitable material, folded longitudinally uponitself to form side walls 1 and 2. The side walls 1 and 2 are stitchedtogether at their ends and along corresponding longitudinal edges 1, asshown at 3 and 4, respectively. At spaced distances from the stitchings3, the side walls 1 and 2 are transversely stitched together, as shownat 5. This results in the formation of flat end tabs 6.

The catamenial sack is secured to the wearer by pinning or otherwisesecuring the end tabs 6 to an undergarment. The side Walls 1 and 2 havetheir corresponding longitudinal edges stitched together, midwaySpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Serial No. 602,009.

the ends of said side walls, as shown at 7. Portions of thecorresponding edges of the side walls 1 and 2 are not stitched together,as shown, which results in the formation of two spaced openings 8,disposed near the ends of and leading into the pocket of the catamenialsack.

The pocket of the catamenial sack is to be filled with some suitableform of absorbent material. I have shown absorbent material in theembodiment of a napkin 9, folded upon itself, as shown. This napkin maybe inserted into the pocket or removed therefrom through either of theopenings 8. The stitching 7 prevents the napkin from accidentally movingout of the pocket. Each of the end tabs 6 may have its corners bentunder, as shown at 10 in Fig. 4. The stitching 3, holds these bent endsin place.

I wish it understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatcertain changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or thescope of the subjoined claims. 7

Having thus described my invention, I cla1m:

1. A catamenial sack, formed entirely of a single long fiat pocket madeof a single ply of cloth folded longitudinally upon itself and havingone longitudinal edge entirely closed and its opposite longitudinal edgeclosed at the middle only for providing spaced end openings leading intothe openlng proper of the pocket, the longitudinal pocket being providedat its ends with flat attaching tabs, and a filling reniovably mountedwithin the pocket.

2. As an article of manufacture, a long relatively narrow casing formedof a single section of fabric folded longitudinally upon itself andstitched transversely at points spaced a substantial distance inwardlyfrom the ends of the section of fabric for providing flat attachingflaps and a longitudinally extending pocket arranged therebetween havingone longitudinal edge thereof completely closed by the material of thefabric and the oppositely arranged longitudinal edges separated, theedges being longitudinally stitched at a point spaced a substantialdistance inwardly from the fiat flaps for providing a longitudinallyextending secursaid pocket and be retained therein by the ing elementand relatively long openings arsecuring means. 10ranged'upon'opposite'sides thereofin free In testimony whereof I 'afliXmy'signacommunication With the interior of the ture inpresence of tWoWitnesses.

pocket, and a readily removable long rela- GOODWIN B. SMITH. tivelynarrow filling of substantially the Witnesses:

same Width as the length of said openings L. LEFFLER,

and adapted to be passed therethrough into H. K. MAOCARDLE.

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